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Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.
Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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Faith is the lack of evidence, and it shouldn't be that difficult to convince people that the right reason to believe something is that there is evidence for it. People do not innately go for this view, but nevertheless it is not that difficult to teach.
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The fact that somebody does good doesn't make their beliefs true.
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I accept that there may be things far grander and more incomprehensible than we can possibly imagine.
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Quantum mechanics, that brilliantly successful flagship theory of modern science, is deeply mysterious and hard to understand. Eastern mystics have always been deeply mysterious and hard to understand. Therefore, Eastern mystics must have been talking about quantum theory all along.
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The Virgin Birth, the Resurrection, the raising of Lazarus, even the Old Testament miracles, all are freely used for religious propaganda, and they are very effective with an audience of unsophisticates and children
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